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mamund, 8 months ago to ChatGPT

ChatGPT's odds of getting code questions correct are worse than a coin flip

https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/07/chatgpt_stack_overflow_ai/

"'Our analysis shows that 52 percent of ChatGPT answers are incorrect and 77 percent are verbose,' the team's paper concluded. 'Nonetheless, ChatGPT answers are still preferred 39.34 percent of the time due to their comprehensiveness and well-articulated language style.' Among the set of preferred ChatGPT answers, 77 percent were wrong." -- #ThomasClaburn

#api360 #chatGPT #programming

mamund, 10 months ago to random

space telescopes (e.g. Hubble, James Webb, etc.) are time machines.

that is all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes

mamund, 9 months ago to random

If you have a complex project, follow “Gall’s law” — or it will fail

https://bigthink.com/smart-skills/complex-project-galls-law/

"Functional complex systems arise from functional simple systems. Failing to heed this advice can and will lead to disaster." -- #JenniferPahlka

#systemsThinking #GallsLaw

mamund, 8 months ago to politics

Savings and loan crisis (1980s)

"Neil Bush [the President's son] paid a $50,000 fine, paid for him by Republican supporters,[37] and was banned from banking activities for his role in taking down Silverado, which cost taxpayers $1.3 billion. An RTC suit against Bush and other Silverado officers was settled in 1991 for $26.5 million."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_crisis#Silverado_Savings_and_Loan

#politics #scandals

mamund, 6 months ago to random

Seriously, Write Your API Spec First

https://www.readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.helton/seriously-write-your-spec-first/

"Imagine you’re building a house. Would you rather the crew draft a blueprint ahead of time and build to that spec? Or would you rather them go off and build your house then create a blueprint of what they built when they were done?" -- #AllenHelton #ReadySetCloud

#api360 #apiDesign #apiFirst

mamund, 11 months ago to random

One rule to rule them all: "Make it easier to change." -- #Dave Thomas Dave Thomas

#gotoChgo #mcaTravels

mamund, 19 days ago to UX

AI UX-Design Tools Are Not Ready for Primetime: Status Update

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ai-design-tools-not-ready/

"Our research and evaluation shows that there are currently few design-specific AI tools that meaningfully enhance UX design workflows." -- #CalebSponheim #MeganBrown

#api360 #UX #DX

mamund, 9 months ago to random

The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con

https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/

"The field of AI research has a reputation for disregarding the value of other fields, so I’m certain that this reimplementation of a psychic’s con is entirely accidental." -- #BaldurBjarnason

#gen_ai #theMind

mamund, 7 months ago to random

Gall's Law

https://signalvnoise.com/posts/1414-a-complex-system-that-works-is-invariably

"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system." -- #JohnGall

#systemThinking #platforms #api360

mamund, 12 days ago to space

https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04/22/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth

"So they devised a plan to divide the affected code into sections and store those sections in different places in the FDS." -- #NaomiHartono

#nasa #software #voyager

mamund, 4 months ago to random

How Dopamine Deciphers Learning in the Brain

https://neurosciencenews.com/dopamine-reward-learning-25367/

"Imagine you’re teaching a dog to play fetch. You throw a ball, and your dog sprints after it, picks it up, and runs back. You then reward your panting pup with a treat. But now comes the real trick for your dog: figuring out which part of that sequence earned the treat." -- #PeterKim

#theMind #theBrain

mamund, 4 months ago to ai

Making God

https://emilygorcenski.com/post/making-god/

"This post won’t convince anyone on the inside of the harms they are experiencing nor the harms they are causing. That’s not been my intent. You can’t remove someone from a cult if they’re not ready to leave" -- #Emily_F_Gorcenski

#ai #cult #technology

mamund, 3 months ago to Futurology

Study visually captures a hard truth: Walking home at night is not the same for women

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-visually-captures-hard-truth-home.html

"An eye-catching new study shows just how different the experience of walking home at night is for women versus men." -- #BrighamYoungUniversity

#Society #Safety

mamund, 3 months ago to random

Representational State Transfer: An Architectural Style for Distributed Hypermedia Interaction (1998)

https://roy.gbiv.com/talks/webarch_9805/index.htm

I had occasion to revisit one of the earliest presentations on REST (May 1998) by Roy Fielding. Seen from 25 years away, this material still strikes me as clear-headed and, in many cases, prescient.

For those who utter the word "REST", this is a bit of history i recommend you should check out.

#api360 #fielding #REST #HTTP

mamund, 3 months ago to programming

Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend

https://programmingisterrible.com/post/139222674273/write-code-that-is-easy-to-delete-not-easy-to

"If we see ‘lines of code’ as ‘lines spent’, then when we delete lines of code, we are lowering the cost of maintenance. Instead of building re-usable software, we should try to build disposable software." -- #tef

#api360 #systems #programming

mamund, 1 month ago to internet

Computer Networks - The Heralds Of Resource Sharing (Arpanet, 1972)

https://archive.org/details/ComputerNetworks_TheHeraldsOfResourceSharing

Ini 1972, Bob Kahn was "arranging for a professional film crew to create a thirty-minute-long 16mm movie explaining the Arpanet, complete with an electronic-synthesizer soundtrack to set an appropriately futuristic mood." -- #MichaelWaldrop in "The Dream Machine (2001)

#internet #arpanet #history

mamund, 4 months ago to random

85% of Engineers Say They’ll Use an IDP in 2024

https://thenewstack.io/85-of-engineers-say-theyll-use-an-idp-in-2024/

"Port’s “State of Internal Developer Portal” report finds that engineers are using portals, at least by name, as part of platform engineering approach." -- #SoorajShah #theNewStack

#api360 #apiPortal

mamund, 5 months ago to random

Daydreaming could amplify learning, a new study shows. Why researchers are touting the importance of ‘quiet wakefulness’

https://fortune.com/well/2023/12/13/can-daydreaming-improve-learning-memory-neuroplasticity-quiet-wakefulness/

The team’s findings suggest that repeated daydreaming may eventually help the brain distinguish between similar images. That’s because the study’s mice seemed to "be learning more about the picture by daydreaming about it..." -- #ERIN_PRATER

#theMind

mamund, 5 months ago to random

Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos" was presented 55 years ago today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY

It changed the way people thought about computers in the 1960s.

Before Jobs, Before Altman, there was Engelbart.

#Engelbart #computerHistory

mamund, 6 months ago to evolution

Research demonstrates the power of rhythm as a design element in evolution and robotics

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-power-rhythm-element-evolution-robotics.html

"As the internet quickly fills with viral videos of futuristic robots darting and racing around like the animals they're built to mimic, Duke researchers say that there's an element of their movement's programming that should not be overlooked: rhythm." -- #DukeUniversity

#theBody #evolution #robotics

mamund, 5 months ago to random

On this day in 1911, Roald Amundsen reached the geographic South Pole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen

#thisDayInHistory

mamund, 6 months ago to philosophy

Study identifies human–AI interaction scenarios that lead to information cocoons

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-humanai-interaction-scenarios-cocoons.html

"Information cocoons can have far-reaching adverse consequences, as they can exacerbate prejudice and social polarization, prevent growth, creativity and innovation, accentuate misinformation, and obstruct efforts aimed at creating a more inclusive world." -- #IngridFadelli #TechXplore

#information #gen_ai

mamund, 25 days ago to TierraSapiens

#ErikWilde (@dret) and I have been delivering our #APIMforDevs workshop. The discussion topic of #Versioning comes up and, though we only touch on it in the workshop, here's a pointer to my #Substack ("The Modifiability Problem") https://buff.ly/3JDNSAW

Here's my #video on the subject, too: https://buff.ly/49Xy6vE

#api360

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mekkaokereke, 2 months ago to random

Yesterday, Xavier Worthy ran a 40 in 4.21 seconds, setting a new NFL combine record. That is really fast!

Xavier:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M1xhUAMEA2E

But then NFL commentators said that he's faster than Usain Bolt, because Bolt ran a 4.22, and just... No.🤡

Usain Bolt ran the 40 in 4.22 in his late 30s, after he retired, without training, in sweatpants and street shoes!🤯

Bolt:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ADoySgg-njI

A top track athlete running a 40 properly, gets a time closer to 4.12

Coleman:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_yoRayOIA

mamund, 1 month ago to random

OAuth: "grant" vs "flow" vs "grant type"

https://aaronparecki.com/2024/03/29/3/oauth-terminology

"Is it called an OAuth 'grant' or a 'flow'? What about 'grant type'?" -- #AaronParecki

#api360 #apiSecurity #OAuth